UCA News Podcast
Binu Alex, UCA News, John Laurenson, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm
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Binu Alex, UCA News, John Laurenson, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm
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Nov 13, 2026 · 10:05
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. This week on the podcast, we are covering protests in Nepal and…
Nov 7, 2026 · 5:32
Signs of God’s kingdom are all around us. If we remember that, we will see them and thus build up our supply of oil so that at any time, in any way that God comes to us, we will…
Nov 6, 2026 · 11:17
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. From a jailed Hong Kong activist to violent clashes in Bangladesh,…
Oct 31, 2026 · 5:56
Remembering all saints becomes a reminder that God can be, and in fact is at work in the time, place and life which I live. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a…
Oct 30, 2026 · 11:17
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. A captured fugitive in Cambodia, pressing water treaties in Bangladesh,…
Oct 24, 2026 · 5:48
The law of Christ is simple. Love. Love God by loving your neighbor. And your neighbor is anyone close enough to be loved, anyone in the world. About the Speaker: Father William…
Oct 23, 2026 · 11:11
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. From controversial executions in Saudi Arabia and missing activists in…
Oct 17, 2026 · 6:06
About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia,…
Oct 16, 2026 · 13:29
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. In this week’s summary, a broadcaster is murdered in the Philippines, a…
Oct 10, 2026 · 6:14
In the Eucharist, in the worship and service of the community of good and bad folks that Jesus invites to the banquet of God's Kingdom, I am offered a foretaste of heaven. How…
Oct 9, 2026 · 14:33
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. This week Myanmar’s military occupies churches, Indian Christians face…
Oct 3, 2026 · 5:57
There is one other thing we must do. We must hear and heed the messengers God sends to us workers in the vineyard. For we, too, need to be converted throughout our lives. About…
Oct 2, 2026 · 11:18
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. From anti-dynasty drives in the Philippines and security arrests in Hong…
Sep 26, 2026 · 6:00
The test of Christian faith is not merely whether or not we are in church on Sunday. Going to church is the renewing of our "yes" to the call of God. But, do we follow through on…
Sep 25, 2026 · 11:47
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. This week: Sri Lankan families welcome Easter attack verdicts, South…
Sep 19, 2026 · 5:31
Just as the parables of Jesus show the love of God in stories about lost coins, vineyards and generous landowners, the followers of Jesus must make the events of everyday life…
Sep 18, 2026 · 13:28
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. This week, rights advocates challenge governments in China, Malaysia, and…
Sep 12, 2026 · 5:58
The way out of the paradox is to realize that forgiving and being forgiven is not a parade of activities that happen in order – God forgives, then I forgive, then God forgives.…
Sep 11, 2026 · 12:56
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. A Philippine ferry burns, an Ahmadi leader is murdered, Papuan rights…
Sep 5, 2026 · 6:03
The Lord's command to confront sin in ourselves and others is never easy to fulfill. It is even harder, perhaps, to be the object of that confrontation, whether as individuals or…
Sep 4, 2026 · 11:09
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. From tragic violence in Manipur and climate disasters in Nepal, to…
Aug 29, 2026 · 6:04
The temptation to avoid the cross is not one that Jesus alone faced. We, too, face it. That is the reason Jesus tells us that we must be willing to take up the cross. About the…
Aug 28, 2026 · 11:54
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. This week’s news roundup details critical events across Asia,…
Aug 22, 2026 · 6:08
About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia,…
Aug 21, 2026 · 9:31
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. Quake devastation in Indonesia, a tragic acquittal in Pakistan, religious…
Aug 15, 2026 · 6:04
The Incarnation means that Jesus really was a man of his time, his place and his people. He spoke their language, he dressed as they dressed, he had the same prejudices they had.…
Aug 14, 2026 · 8:08
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. This week we look at deadly Philippine floods, Thai Catholic school…
Aug 8, 2026 · 5:49
The Lord is willing to support us in doing the impossible. What we need is enough faith to enable us to step out of the security of the boat we call everyday "sensible" life.…
Aug 7, 2026 · 11:32
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. From forced religious conversions in India and media crackdowns in…
Aug 1, 2026 · 6:15
What would happen if we were to take seriously God's willingness to do the impossible through disciples? Am I willing to take the risk today to find out? About the Speaker:…
Jul 31, 2026 · 14:04
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. Deadly protests in Pakistan, communal clashes in Nepal, student rights in…
Jul 25, 2026 · 5:19
How can I become like some learned scribe who can speak with confident knowledge of the Reign of God? About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40…
Jul 24, 2026 · 13:44
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. Across Asia, tensions rise as India's youths supported by opposition…
Jul 18, 2026 · 5:49
In our prayer, God makes the seemingly impossible happen. The seed of good flourishes, the world is leavened. All we need do is pray. But how? About the Speaker: Father William J…
Jul 17, 2026 · 14:18
isten to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. This week, China accelerates its severe crackdown on unregistered…
Jul 11, 2026 · 5:34
No matter where some of the seed may land and the odds against it, the growth of the Reign of God is unstoppable. That's the seed, but what of the sower? About the Speaker:…
Jul 10, 2026 · 12:47
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. India pushes divorce reform, Indonesia faces a rights backlash, a…
Jul 4, 2026 · 5:35
The world around me may be in turmoil, but I will be in peace and calm, not because I am apart from the world, but because I am sharing God's deep love for that world. About the…
Jul 3, 2026 · 12:06
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. From South Korea’s World Youth Day laws and Philippine political…
Jun 27, 2026 · 5:16
Part of the call of Christ is a call to repentance. It is not something I can reserve to Lent or an occasional confession. Because nearly my whole life is a nay-saying to God, my…
Jun 26, 2026 · 12:39
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. Legal, religious, and social shakeups sweep Asia via landmark church…
Jun 20, 2026 · 5:34
In a world full of terrors, we have been commissioned to share the Good News that we need not fear. God’s love protects us. God’s love embraces us eternally, overcoming fear,…
Jun 19, 2026 · 12:27
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. Indonesian Catholic students joined nationwide protests against the…
Jun 13, 2026 · 5:57
My life as a Christian is not some sort of fortuitous accident. I have been chosen by God just as the Twelve were chosen. Somewhere in this world there is someone for whom I am…
Jun 12, 2026 · 9:10
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. Catholic bishops in the Philippines appealed for donations after a…
Jun 6, 2026 · 5:20
Fortunately, Christ is not so choosy. He is willing to be present in the bread and wine that his people share. He is willing to be present in that people and in what they do as…
Jun 5, 2026 · 13:47
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. Asian bishops urged churches in the region to deepen dialogue and common…
May 30, 2026 · 5:45
Christians called to show God's love to the world should show a love that is so full as to overflow us, bringing unity to a world of many persons. About the Speaker: Father…
May 29, 2026 · 11:24
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. Indonesian Catholics donated sacrificial animals to Muslims celebrating…
May 23, 2026 · 4:49
Our first concern must always be with those who have not yet come to know Christ. Whatever we do as Christians, it must be shaped by our vocation to tell the whole world the Good…
May 22, 2026 · 11:57
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. Cambodia accused Thailand of violating its sovereignty by opening a…
May 16, 2026 · 5:51
The Lord assures us that in his glory he is no longer limited by time and place and is with us today and always. That assurance gives us the confidence we need to obey his great…
May 15, 2026 · 12:05
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. Philippine bishops urged senators not to delay Vice President Sara…
May 9, 2026 · 5:39
Because the Spirit of the Risen Christ is in us we can face our own crosses with confidence that God is still at work, that God's will is done even when it is thwarted, as it so…
May 8, 2026 · 12:42
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. Protests erupted in Myanmar over plans to revive a controversial…
May 2, 2026 · 6:01
Jesus tells us today that the place where we live with God is not only this world we live in now. He has prepared another place for us, one with "many dwelling places," enough…
May 1, 2026 · 15:59
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. East Asian police unleashed a crackdown on child pornography production…
Apr 25, 2026 · 5:38
Often we sheep are to blame for being led astray by bad shepherds. The sheep of whom Jesus speaks in the Gospel can tell the difference between their own good shepherd and a bad…
Apr 24, 2026 · 15:33
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes. Indonesia passes a historic domestic workers protection bill, while…
Apr 18, 2026 · 5:51
We share the Eucharist, and in that sacrament we know that the Lord is with us on all our roads, at all our tables. Then, we go to share that Good News with all. A Christian's…
Apr 17, 2026 · 13:34
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. As transnational repression sees a global surge, an alarming case of sexual…
Apr 11, 2026 · 5:48
This is Easter time. We proclaim that Christ is risen. We say that God’s love has overcome the power of sin and death. We say that the power of evil is broken. Yet, when we check…
Apr 10, 2026 · 11:19
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. This week there is a a wave of significant developments across Asia, beginning…
Apr 4, 2026 · 4:58
Easter is the anniversary celebration of your new birth in Christ through Baptism. It is the day on which eternal life became available to you through his Resurrection. It is the…
Apr 3, 2026 · 10:50
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. From Easter holiday appeals in South Asia to the deportation of a major human…
Apr 3, 2026 · 5:39
Today is also a day of commitment to be a sign of God's love. God felt it worthwhile for Jesus to die in order that I might know love. My life is worth giving in the day-to-day…
Apr 1, 2026 · 6:12
Our sharing Eucharist is a service -- a service to the world. We can wash its feet, and we can bring it with us as we share union with Christ. It's all one and the same. About…
Mar 28, 2026 · 6:16
We give thanks to Christ for uniting with us, embracing the fear, pain and death that are an ineradicable part of our lives. At the worst times of my life, Christ crucified is…
Mar 27, 2026 · 11:08
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. A new infantry battalion base in Christian-majority Papua has unleashed fears…
Mar 21, 2026 · 5:31
The raising of Lazarus is a reminder that to be a Christian is not just to live in a certain way. Christians do have customs and commands that we obey and disobey, the chief…
Mar 20, 2026 · 11:31
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. As retaliatory missiles light up the skies over the Middle East, reverberations…
Mar 14, 2026 · 5:49
The call to Baptism is an invitation to be cured of the blindness that afflicts the world. But, why us? Why should I be chosen to know the Lord when billions of better people…
Mar 13, 2026 · 13:11
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. Faced with soaring prices and disruptions to their oil and gas supplies, Asian…
Mar 7, 2026 · 5:58
To accept that love and to be baptized is to accept as well the vocation that Christ has from the Father, a vocation he chooses to share with me. That is, the vocation to be an…
Mar 6, 2026 · 11:15
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. The regional bishops’ group has called for restoration of diplomacy, dialogue,…
Mar 3, 2026 · 11:18
Pope Leo XIV highlights the ethical challenges of AI-generated art, warning that automated creativity risks devaluing human experience and replacing authentic authorship with…
Feb 28, 2026 · 6:37
The Transfiguration reminds me of the mystery that Jesus, the fully human one, is also God. If I would know what it is to be truly human, I must look to Jesus. If I would know…
Feb 27, 2026 · 11:41
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. Families of victims have expressed renewed hope for justice after a top…
Feb 21, 2026 · 5:59
About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia,…
Feb 20, 2026 · 13:12
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. Christian leaders in Bangladesh have welcomed the victory of a liberal party in…
Feb 17, 2026 · 6:24
Welcome to Lent, a time to reflect on our ashiness and our salvation. From now till the start of the Sacred Triduum we will remember that we are Cinderella sitting in sin. About…
Feb 14, 2026 · 5:57
Jesus taught the adults and blessed the children, but the Church has gotten it backwards. That was not the case in the early days of the Church. The section of Matthew's Gospel…
Feb 13, 2026 · 13:06
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. Leaders of Nahdlatul Ulama have lauded the support given by Christian churches…
Feb 7, 2026 · 5:57
The proverb says that "one bad apple spoils the whole bunch." That may be true of a crate of apples, but in today's Gospel, Jesus tells us that it does not apply to people. Good…
Feb 6, 2026 · 12:41
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. Sri Lanka’s Anglican Church has called for the withdrawal of the proposed law…
Jan 31, 2026 · 5:47
Poverty of spirit frees me to accept God's greatest gift, the Kingdom, because I am not holding on to any illusions that my talents, my possessions, my time, or my life are my…
Jan 30, 2026 · 10:25
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. Ahead of a crucial national election in Thailand, Catholic bishops have urged…
Jan 24, 2026 · 5:57
The Church that follows Jesus must be as willing to subordinate everything else to the proclamation of God's love. If that means downplaying or even abandoning certain ways of…
Jan 23, 2026 · 11:06
Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. Church leaders in Indonesia’s Christian-majority Papua have criticized the…
Jan 17, 2026 · 6:18
Spirituality is not so much a matter of prayer as of awareness, about sensitivity in ordinary time to the ordinary events and people around me. Christ is there among them as he…
Jan 16, 2026 · 9:29
Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. Cambodian girls as young as 14 are being trafficked to China for forced marriages, a trade…
Jan 10, 2026 · 6:42
In today's reading from the Acts of the Apostles, Peter tells the crowd what they can expect of fish people, followers of Christ who "went about doing good and healing all who…
Jan 9, 2026 · 10:18
Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. Christian clergy joined civil rights activists in a public demonstration in Sri Lanka to…
Jan 3, 2026 · 6:01
On Epiphany, we thank God for the gift of Jesus Christ, a gift given to all of us throughout the world, throughout time. Like the wise astrologers, we respond by bringing our…
Dec 31, 2025 · 5:38
Each of us is presented with the same vocation as Mary. God says to you and to me, "Make my Son present in the world. Forgive sins. Bring healing. Live with faith that my love is…
Dec 27, 2025 · 6:23
The word "holy" comes from the word "healthy." Holiness is a kind of health, and health may be the means for us to understand holiness and, therefore, what we celebrate on this…
Dec 24, 2025 · 5:36
Gospel Reflection by Father Bill Grimm Today we remember and celebrate the fact that we can know God's glory and power not as some sort of information, but as a person. So, on…
Dec 22, 2025 · 7:00
We live in a bad time, maybe so bad that we have no reason to celebrate Christmas. But there is a close relationship between bad times and the coming of Christ among us and for…
Dec 20, 2025 · 5:49
The one whose birth we are about to celebrate has many titles, but one name, the name he shared with so many other people in his land. It is wondrous because it is so common. The…
Dec 19, 2025 · 11:54
Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. The Philippines’ communist party, waging a long-standing war against the government, has…
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